The Opelousas courier., 1887-11-26
WHY PEOPLE BECOME satn
An Interesting Address On Q 2
Eair-1he Remedy.

""ir-ih ne Kennedy,
London Standard.
At the opening meeting % u,
Geological Association lie Il the British n
was delivered by Mr.. @. r VITA aaditS
5ald that 1t was the object of Ths bsseIsr. II
geological Association to treanss plIFitlsa1
hair to It5 true csHaes, to lpyes sae loa
secfetS o. uatgtre, and lesrn thu sac
slrS' @os!%HS 81 remedies that wouRI1I {geaoss
fa]nctio o9Eta' O itts''fo - 70 r5pa;r disopaaasta
the "Medir@l Register, a men u
that scarcely tw0 ntv b.4o beEegsS
special study Il ne hair. Hair in; made &
Be induced LF 'He CaJ.sc OrIT, nr lung nial
4cti's tnSelIgr or IN succession. n esvsAa
tdung influences. nerve troubiessS detH
inent' care. |6iIy, blood disease. eg1aa
IU~t{ ~iSPy5,t.oi occupation, cIinsa
lhechah4cdI obstruction, Mental en,ot3{ taSh
yentllatloHt !Igl yeiaparafIrs loN9l.bd
plants snd animal parasites. III sesetG4
badness wae not 10 the hair SHAFT aus
faulty function OF nutrition, and 9iisIae {
tAGIe Wsrs l5 ut's country some ba aaatdasoasa
cal1eu Aa.f-!ltI II, their treatmsvngso 9
H!otSa pfS.tt.dty Ir~nP9tentto arrest q, II
ny me PFoS1eos OF baldH Is; The assoa; a9S
Was e~nueaYoilnR to establish n hocnogislSaA
the treatment 81 hair diseases with pissl ~
trlchoioglsis and periodical lerfnS,sssss tq
demonstrations, snd 1t hehooved IL aa
impress upOa tie nation the sdvis, Iinsfl b
sly!lls tns aSSHcta(ion a starter, and W.
peGlng every trjchCIGgist 10 PASS anu a u seaa
in4fion4 before being allowed to nraettioss1 aa
Inc Lhots q hSeptng the hair dry and 4.
pressed powers Of the hair was 10 H. sGe q
source OF q great deal of badness aalhas
$50 subjects between the ages Of tpro Glt0s
and fifty, who had passed under HE eehls.f.lys
tloll, nlne6y-two were either bald or gsiitrEs
50, and the curious fact WAS bronobt Fsstalg
tl;a = sS sl r;t5I,oI out OF the ninety-two S ss
In fifty Eablt1a, spirit drinkers
similar ages, he found seven partiT ha dIsa
eleven quite bsld. Among total ahsStsaSs aa
On the other hand, he found nine nartiSEsaiSs
and seven totally bald out OF fffv di,saa
obtaining these statistics he teoG alht
hfty. 'beer-drInkIng drunkards,n t6a !;
YestIgatlon resulting III the discover hAa
five were partly bald and four quite bs5d ~ n
was only far, however, to add thai IL
spirit drinkers We're Well-to-do, wb1fs Msa
beer-drinking, drnnkards belonged n " y
very poorest class. :" aa
On another occasion he made notes ~ ).
bald persons OF mixed classes and Of yarite5s
ages. This showed that forty-geyen w
full boards, forty-tLree shaved nearly s II
whole face, forty-one shaved only thee chin sssss
nine h ged only the mnstache, Tins shrs
ing that the beard had little to do with MI
ness a. ceuse. In his own experience ;es
1873, when this matter began to @espaeisfS..
engage attention, he was not able to denas
strate conG4usively The transmission If ~.
special fungus orparasite from lower anin,I
to man or woman IN this excessive hair IN /
ing and badness.
He had meyer been IN a position to da tn,
eyper1mentalIy, yet his conviction was S,I
the dog and the cat we're often the canse =
hair loss; and trichologisis shnsis
study and test the question when ther MI
opportunity OF witnessing the comynants
ment of extensive hair falliag, when Z.
other cause could with a certainty be praysJ
or even assigned for it. It was becoming
increased belief that dogs were slhieetE
some unknown disease which caused hstg
ness to human beings. Gases Of this I'M
had been brought within his view, and M
induced him to give a good deal Of attentiasl
to tie subject.
In one instance, Mr.. Wheeler said. A psn.
tleman-Rn artist-hada large black retriays
dog whose coat had suddenly become gTsg
IN fact almost white, and it WAS being sbsSI
in such large quantities that he could moi &
had in the house without everything L.
tleman had a beautiful head of hair when IA
again the next year he was quite bald. Hs
also said the female servant that ATTENDED
the dog had lost nearly the whole Of Id
hair.
For himself, he was convinced that 81
continuous electr1o current was the mot
and efficient hair stimulanto of the dan.
1t was q remedy Of great therapeutic ysErs
whe8 used as an accessory to other rem.
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